Now that your customer selected Klarna to pay, let's get the purchase authorized.
When your customer interacts with the widget to select one of our payment methods, you need to use our JavaScript SDK to get authorization for the purchase.
In this step, you send all the necessary customer details for Klarna to assess and decide whether or not to accept this purchase. When the authorization is successful, you receive an authorization token as a response, useful for Step 3: Create an order.
The authorization is possible through the authorize() call happening on the client side.
The following information is useful for both scenarios, one-time and recurring payments.
Get authorization for the purchase by using the authorize() call. Add the following parameters:
billing_address, containing the details of the address for billing. This is a required parametershipping_address, containing the details of the address for shipping. This is an optional parameter.We recommend you to call authorize() using a full request (like in the example) to ensure you're sending us complete and updated information the information is up to date.
If you do not provide a shipping address, we duplicate the billing address and use it as the shipping address.
Klarna.Payments.authorize({
payment_method_category: "klarna"
}, {
purchase_country: "US",
purchase_currency: "USD",
locale: "en-US",
billing_address: {
given_name: "John",
family_name: "Doe",
email: "john@doe.com",Sample of the authorize() call for the US market.
In some cases, Klarna requires additional information about the customer and purchase. We recommend you send it in the authorize() call. For more information, see the Extra merchant data section.
For GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) reasons, you should not send customer data before the authorize() call.
Klarna uses all this information to make the risk assessment. To see what data you need per market and how to format it, check the Customer data requirements.
During the authorize() call and until you receive the callback, Klarna conducts the risk assessment. You need to visually indicate to your customer that an ongoing process is happening. For a better user experience, we suggest:
authorize() call (for example, disable the buy button)After processing the authorize() call, the callback function is executed. The Javascript callback is an object containing the following parameters:
approved, containing the authorization result. It's a boolean value that indicates approved or denied.show_form, showing the availability of the Klarna widget. It's a boolean value that indicates displayed or hidden.authorization_token, containing the token that allows you to place the order. This is only returned if it's an approved authorization.error, containing details of potential error messages.The following table lists the combination of values in the response.
show_form | approved | Action |
|---|---|---|
| FALSE | FALSE | Disable Klarna’s widget and pre-select another payment method. |
| TRUE | FALSE | Display Klarna’s widget and show the error message to the customer. Let the consumer change details and try again. |
| TRUE | TRUE | Create an order and redirect the customer to the next view. |
There are three potential cases that you need to handle based on the response:
If the response is approved: true, Klarna has approved the authorization for this purchase.
The authorization_token allows you to create an order for both scenarios, recurring and one-time payments. The token is valid for 60 minutes.
{
authorization_token: "b4bd3423-24e3",
approved: true,
show_form: true
}Sample of a success response.
We suggest you store the authorization_token in a hidden form field and send it to the backend with the submission button (for example, the Buy button).
If the response is show_form: true, but comes with an error object containing invalid_fields, something fixable is wrong and the customer needs to take action. The widget displays an error message asking the customer to make corrections before you re-authorize the purchase. The error message points out which fields are incorrect.
It's also possible that the response is approved: false and show_form: true, but the callback doesn't include error. This means the customer has terminated a required interaction in the widget, such as authentication or sign-up flows. In this case, you should keep Klarna payment methods visible so that the customer can make another purchase attempt.
{
approved: false,
show_form: true,
error: {
invalid_fields: [
billing_address.street_address
billing_address.city
billing_address.given_name
billing_address.postal_code
billing_address.family_nameSample of a fixable error response.
We suggest you use the error message in the callback object to highlight a specific input field on your page.
If the response is show_form: false, your store is not able to offer the selected Klarna payment method in the loaded widget. You should hide the widget, and the user might select another payment method.
This negative response results from the pre-assessment that Klarna executes for the purchase.
{
approved: false,
show_form: false
}Sample of an error response.
In addition to the client-side Javascript callback, it's also possible to receive the authorization token as a callback to a specific URL. For more details, see the Authorization callbacks section.